Autism and Impulsivity: “Why did he do that?”
When I talk with parents of children on the Autism spectrum, one of the many concerns they voice are their child’s difficulty with impulsivity. This becomes a problem for the whole family. If out at a restaurant, having to “keep an eye on them” to make sure they don’t hit a stranger, pour the salt…
Parenting Your Child with Autism or ADHD Are You Happy? A New Year’s Resolution that Matters
The internal conversation goes something like this: Let me see – today, I will organize the daily curriculum, take all the children through their various subjects, make breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and if I am a good mom, they will all be very nutritionally balanced), wash a few loads of laundry, clean the house, pay the bills, get the kids to all of their scheduled commitments (baseball, hockey, ice-skating, debate club, etc.), prepare for tomorrow, read a little, and then go to bed. I don’t know how long I can do this. I am feeling overwhelmed, sad, and incomplete. But, I will be happy when….”
Autism and AD(H)D: Why Social Integration Can Be So Difficult
“Hey, Mom! Could you look over this email before I send it? I want to make sure I am saying this right.” This concern for proper phrasing and understanding of a specific social interaction is something I hear quite often from my youngest son. As many of you already are aware, my ‘baby’ (I know…
Autism: The Missing Pieces…
Sitting here in my office, I reflect on the week …” Wow, sometimes I forget how powerful the Davis tools and programs are!” I had the privilege this week of working one-to-one with two amazing children. Both have been identified as having autism. Although we have only worked together for less than ten hours, there…
“We Think it is Autism, ADHD or Dyslexia (or some other acronym) …Now What?” Help Me to Help My Child!
It was fifteen years ago that our journey through the murky waters of Learning Differences (LD) began, but I can remember it clearly and painfully. My journey began with that mommy intuition of I think something is wrong and progressed over a couple of years to I know something is wrong. The next stop on…